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Results and status from the HARP and MIPP hadron production experiments
2008
Recent results and status from the HARP and MIPP hadron production experiments are reviewed. After a brief description of the experimental setups and the large amounts of data collected with those, we emphasize the relevance of precision hadron production measurements for neutrino physics. Three types of neutrino sources are discussed: conventional accelerator-based neutrino beams, advanced neutrino sources, and atmospheric neutrinos. We conclude by discussing prospects from additional hadron production measurements to be expected in the near future.
Standard and non-standard analysis of solar and reactor neutrino data
2010
We present an updated analysis of solar and reactor neutrino data in the standard framework of neutrino oscillations. We also consider the presence of non-standard neutrino interactions with matter and perform an alternative analysis of neutrino d ata studying the non-standard effects both on the neutrino detection and propagation through matter.
MiniBooNE: first results on the muon-to-electron neutrino oscillation search
2008
MiniBooNE's first results on a search for an electron neutrino excess in a muon neutrino beam are presented, together with an analysis of the data within a two neutrino Vμ → Ve appearance-only oscillation context. MiniBooNE finds excellent agreement between data and Standard Model predictions in the oscillation analysis energy region. If neutrino and antineutrino oscillations are the same, MiniBooNE excludes at ~98% confidence level the two neutrino Vμ → Ve appearance-only oscillation interpretation of the LSND anomaly. MiniBooNE also finds a discrepancy at energies below the oscillation analysis range, which is currently not understood and under investigation.
Probingθ13with global neutrino data analysis
2010
We discuss the results of an updated global analysis of neutrino oscillation data, focusing on the determination of θ13, the smallest and unknown leptonic mixing angle. We discuss three independent and converging hints of θ13 > 0: a first one coming from atmospheric neutrino data; a second one from the combination of solar and long-baseline reactor (KamLAND) neutrino data; and a third one from the latest MINOS measurements in the appearance (νμ → νe) channel. Their combination provides an indication for θ13 > 0 at the 2σ (95% C.L.) level.
Search for sterile neutrinos at radioactive ion beam facilities
2013
We propose applications of Radioactive Ion Beam facilities to investigate physics beyond the Standard Model. In particular, we focus upon the search for sterile neutrinos by means of a low energy beta-beam with a Lorentz boost factor of 1. In the considered setup, collected 8Li radioactive ions are sent inside a 4? detector filled with a liquid scintillator, with inverse-beta decay as neutrino detection channel. We provide exclusion curves for the sterile neutrino mixing parameters, based upon the 3+1 formalism, depending upon the achievable ion intensity. The proposed experiment represents a possible alternative to clarify the current anomalies observed in neutrino experiments.
Neutrino masses: evidences and implications
2014
I give an overview of the evidences for neutrino masses and mixing, the associated neutrino mass generation schemes, as well as the resulting implications in particle physics experiments and cosmology.
Hunt for θ13with LENA
2012
In a hunt for by far missing neutrino mixing angle ?13 the accelerator experiments have recently indicated non-zero value and the dedicated reactor neutrino experiments are moving towards the data-taking phase to confirm that. The small effect of ?13 to the neutrino oscillation probabilities can be also complementarily probed using artificially made source of mono-chromatic neutrinos with low energies originated from electron capture processes. Due to the small energy of neutrino and tiny interaction cross section, and the expected scale of ?13 support the use of large liquid scintillation detector. In this work, the estimated sensitivities for measurement of mixing angle ?13 is presented i…
Testing the Standard Model and beyond with the LENA proposal
2014
We discuss the possibility of a precision measurement of the electroweak mixing angle and a probe for new physics in the leptonic process of neutrino electron scattering. In the new physics schemes we explore the case of non standard neutrino interactions (NSI). The LENA proposal, currently under discussion, considers a large detector and the use of an articial, 51 Cr, radioactive neutrino source with of 5 MCi intensity. We also discuss the possible use of the solar neutrino
Generation of Schrödinger Cats in Trapped Ions
2004
A quantum system in interaction with a repeatedly measured one is subjected to a non-unitary time evolution provoking the decay of some states in favor of the remaining ones. Under appropriate hypotheses the system may be addressed exactly toward a quantum state or pushed into a pre-selected finite-dimensional subspace. On the basis of such a general strategy, we propose to exploit suitable vibronic couplings in order to ‘extract’ trapped ion center of mass states of motion characterized by well defined absolute value of an angular momentum projection. In particular, since it implies the simultaneous presence of opposite angular momentum projections, we show the realizability of Schrödinger…
Diagnostic Potential of Cosmic-Neutrino Absorption Spectroscopy
2004
Annihilation of extremely energetic cosmic neutrinos on the relic-neutrino background can give rise to absorption lines at energies corresponding to formation of the electroweak gauge boson $Z^{0}$. The positions of the absorption dips are set by the masses of the relic neutrinos. Suitably intense sources of extremely energetic ($10^{21}$ -- $10^{25}$-eV) cosmic neutrinos might therefore enable the determination of the absolute neutrino masses and the flavor composition of the mass eigenstates. Several factors--other than neutrino mass and composition--distort the absorption lines, however. We analyze the influence of the time-evolution of the relic-neutrino density and the consequences of …